Some movies should never be remade. West Side Story is one of them. It was a different time when such a story was relevant, and the audience could still appreciate such music. Now there are no more street gangs like that. Today they are all drug gangs. And a great number of the potential audience can only relate to cheesy pop, hip hop and rap. Plus the original portrayed real men and women. Today the characters would be gay, tranny, overly aggressive females and wimpy males. Oh, and the cast would have to be “diverse” with the whites completely portrayed as the bad guys.
There is no way to recast Natalie Wood.